Above All, Let The Poor Hang Up

As Each Generation Comes Into The World Devoid Of Knowledge, Its First Duty Is To Obtain Possession Of The Stores Already Amassed. It Must Overtake Its Predecessors Before It Can Pass By Them.

Virtue Is An Angel, But She Is A Blind One, And Must Ask Knowledge To Show Her The Pathway That Leads To Her Goal.

The Devil Tempts Men Through Their Ambition, Their Cupidity, Or Their Appetite, Until He Comes To The Profane Swearer, Whom He Clutches Without Any Reward.

Finally, In Regard To Those Who Possess The Largest Shares In The Stock Of Worldly Goods, Could There, In Your Opinion, Be Any Police So Vigilant And Effetive, For The Protections Of All The Rights Of Person, Property And Character, As Such A Sound And Comprehensive Education And Training, As Our System Of Common Schools Could Be Made To Impart; And Would Not The Payment Of A Sufficient Tax To Make Such Education And Training Universal, Be The Cheapest Means Of Self-protection And Insurance?

Every Hand And Every Hour Should Be Devoted To Rescue The World From Its Insanity Of Guilt, And To Assuage The Pangs Of Human Hearts With Balm And Anodyne. To Pity Distress Is But Human; To Relieve It Is Godlike.